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he is here today with us. we thank you so much for your service and honoring us. [applause] >> welcome again to the foundation for defense of democracy's annual washington forum. my name is kenneth schwartz. i have the pleasure of introducing distinguished public official robert kc, senior senator from the state of pennsylvania. you served since 2007 as chairman of near east and south asia subcommittee, senate foreign relations committee only in the first term. one can scarcely imagine a more challenging time, the past two years in the middle east have seen wars in international borders, collapse of regimes in decades and the rise of political movements that may yet turn hostile in the united states and its allies. new developments, he has led the way on many issues of great concern to ftd. he is founder and co-chair of the bipartisan senate caucus on weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, in that capacity worked across the partisan divide to highlight serious threats of -- weapons of mass deliberation. he has done as much to run our greatest threat in the middle
he is here today with us. we thank you so much for your service and honoring us. [applause] >> welcome again to the foundation for defense of democracy's annual washington forum. my name is kenneth schwartz. i have the pleasure of introducing distinguished public official robert kc, senior senator from the state of pennsylvania. you served since 2007 as chairman of near east and south asia subcommittee, senate foreign relations committee only in the first term. one can scarcely imagine a...
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he is here with us. we thank you so much and for honoring us. [applause] >> who wants to follow ed royce? not me. welcome again to the foundation for the defense democracies' washington forum. my name is kenneth schwartz, i'm a proud member of the fdd board. today i have the pleasure of introducing distinguished public official, robert casey, the senior senator from the state of pennsylvania. he served since 2007 as the chairman of the near east and south asia subcommittee of the senate foreign relations committee, and this is only in his first term. one can scarcely imagine more interesting or more challenging time to occupy that position. the past two years in the middle east we have seen the war across international borders. the collapse of the regimes that ruled for decades and the rise of the new political movements that may yet turn hostile to the united states and its allies. in the face of these new developments, senator kec has led the way on many issues of great concern to fdd. he's the founder and co-chair of the bipartisan senate cau
he is here with us. we thank you so much and for honoring us. [applause] >> who wants to follow ed royce? not me. welcome again to the foundation for the defense democracies' washington forum. my name is kenneth schwartz, i'm a proud member of the fdd board. today i have the pleasure of introducing distinguished public official, robert casey, the senior senator from the state of pennsylvania. he served since 2007 as the chairman of the near east and south asia subcommittee of the senate...
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against assad using chemical weapons against his own people and protecting us that it was necessary to military force. final thought, you can see this coming for a very long time. leading from behind is not working. saying you could do in iraq with a light footprint did not work. how many times do we have to make the same mistake before we understand there is no substitute for american leadership and will make it about to be smart about it. do not realize that we can enter iraq. we'll expect responsibility. to do the same thing you did iraq syria is inexcusable. >> it seems there's a difference of opinion -- [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i either misspoke or was misunderstood. if the president makes a statement, which he has that this is a red line, i think it's important for bashar assad and those who encouraged him to see a united support for the president and taking necessary military action to make real on that. >> i think that is what unites us, that if assad uses chemical or biological weapons against his own people and president obama follows through on what he said about conseq
against assad using chemical weapons against his own people and protecting us that it was necessary to military force. final thought, you can see this coming for a very long time. leading from behind is not working. saying you could do in iraq with a light footprint did not work. how many times do we have to make the same mistake before we understand there is no substitute for american leadership and will make it about to be smart about it. do not realize that we can enter iraq. we'll expect...
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adopt use chemical weapons. we also to remember that the madman about mafia willing to kill 50,000 of the own people will not hesitate to create further devastation. we also need to remember that in [inaudible] after this have complained about the use of chemical weapons. doctors have been putting together video footage of victims of chemical warfare. the assad regime used chemicals in 1982 in the ha mamas consider. there's a failure of u.s. policy. every step of the revolution was predictable. and the united states failed to take the appropriate measures. [applause] tony, were you waiting? >> my take on the chemical weapons is slightly different. i think they constitute a last and formidable. i adopt think he will be handing them out. i think instead , i mean, using them domestically is one thing. i'm talking more sort of with regard to the neighbors. the united states did develop. there are being set up batter. there's a request for patriot batter for turkey to protect turkey from precisely such attacks. reall
adopt use chemical weapons. we also to remember that the madman about mafia willing to kill 50,000 of the own people will not hesitate to create further devastation. we also need to remember that in [inaudible] after this have complained about the use of chemical weapons. doctors have been putting together video footage of victims of chemical warfare. the assad regime used chemicals in 1982 in the ha mamas consider. there's a failure of u.s. policy. every step of the revolution was predictable....